It’s pretty common for people to refer to these types of accounts as burners on Twitter. I recall the GM of the 76ers getting in trouble about 5-10 years ago for having sock puppet accounts on Twitter and all the reporting referred to them as burners.
I always remember “toons” referring to your character, rather than your account. Kind of like the “cartoon character” you’re playing is how I understood it.
Last I played years ago I think you could have 10? And that was per server, there were tons of servers to choose from, so if you wanted more, you could.
Isn’t a smurf supposed to be an account from an experienced user/player that’s meant to make them look new or lower ranked?
Smurfing is when a high-level player trolls the lower ranks below their skill level.
Lots of players have smurf accounts for games where high- and low-ranked players don’t get paired together, so they can play on the same team as their lower-ranked friends.
A “burner” account? Never heard it called that before. “Sock puppet” or just “puppet” makes much more sense.
It’s pretty common for people to refer to these types of accounts as burners on Twitter. I recall the GM of the 76ers getting in trouble about 5-10 years ago for having sock puppet accounts on Twitter and all the reporting referred to them as burners.
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Burner feels like such an old school term. I’ve more often heard “alt”, “Smurf”, or “finsta”. The last being a portmanteau of fake Instagram account
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I always remember “toons” referring to your character, rather than your account. Kind of like the “cartoon character” you’re playing is how I understood it.
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Last I played years ago I think you could have 10? And that was per server, there were tons of servers to choose from, so if you wanted more, you could.
Yes, up to 10 per server, and you could have characters on multiple servers.
I remember seeing the term even while playing pre-WoW MMO’s
Isn’t a smurf supposed to be an account from an experienced user/player that’s meant to make them look new or lower ranked?
Smurfing is when a high-level player trolls the lower ranks below their skill level.
Lots of players have smurf accounts for games where high- and low-ranked players don’t get paired together, so they can play on the same team as their lower-ranked friends.
‘Burner’ is to ‘Sock Puppet’ as #Hashtag is to ‘Pound Sign’.
Guess they don’t think their readership is smart enough to know what a “sock puppet” or “puppet” account is.
Sockpuppet is what I like to call them